{"id":73938,"date":"2021-03-19T17:15:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T17:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/narc.org\/?p=73938"},"modified":"2021-07-08T18:41:38","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T18:41:38","slug":"narc-letter-concerning-potential-msa-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/narc.org\/2021\/03\/19\/narc-letter-concerning-potential-msa-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"NARC Letter Concerning Potential MSA Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"73938\" class=\"elementor elementor-73938\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6af6d77 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"59613\" data-id=\"6af6d77\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-030b33c\" data-eae-slider=\"27570\" data-id=\"030b33c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4663f5b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4663f5b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In response to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/document\/OMB-2021-0001-0001\">Federal Register notice that proposes to raise the population threshold<\/a>\u00a0for the designation of a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), NARC has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/narc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NARC-Comments_MSA-Change_FINAL.pdf\">submitted comment<\/a> to the Office of Management and budget opposing the change. Comments on this notice are due by March 19, 2021. NARC members are encouraged to utilize this language for their own purposes if that is helpful for you.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/narc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NARC-Comments_MSA-Change_FINAL.pdf\">Read the letter here.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In response to a\u00a0Federal Register notice that proposes to raise the population threshold\u00a0for the designation of a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), NARC has\u00a0submitted comment to the Office of Management and budget opposing the change. Comments on this notice are due by March 19, 2021. 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